Baby Love in Baker's Twine

Hello and welcome in to The Open Window.

I'm covering a couple of MAJOR things with this post

as it's NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP DAY over at

and it's my day to post for

I am thrilled to have my project based on these fabulous

colors because the stamps I chose to use worked

perfectly with these colors.

Before we get too far, I want to make sure you came by

way of my very talented friend

Jessica Fick's blog

If not, we would love for you to start over at

The Craft's Meow blog

because as you know, our hop includes a grand prize

of all five sets to one lucky commenter!

Our team over at The Play Date Cafe all played with

baker's twine from The Twinery in

Stone . . . Buttercream . . .Denim

I chose to use TCM's beautiful 'Baby Shelf' stamp set to create this card.

I thought the images with the colors for this color challenge worked well.

I recently picked up a few new collections while on a little trip

to the Chicago burbs and picked up paper from Authentique & BasicGrey.

I simply layered my pieces & created a bookmark as an addition.

I used Liquid Pearls in Buttercup & Baby Blue

and of course the beautiful baker's twine.

Here is the set I used . . .

Don't forget, you can get 'Soaring High' for a limited time

as a FREE GIFT w/$50 purchase too!

It's time to get you on your way to the very creative

Lin Brandyberry's blog

Make sure to leave a note saying you stopped by

and please take time to check out all the

beautiful creations from the designers of

The Play Date Cafe.

We would love to have you play along!

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Renew by Authentique & Fiction by BasicGrey
Stamps: Baby Shelf by The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: pearls from Zva Creative

Buttercup & Baby Blue Liquid Pearls by Ranger

baker's twine in Stone, Buttercream & Denim all from The Twinery

Tools: Lacey Squares by Spellbinders, Big Shot

 

 

All {about} Babies ~ The Craft's Meow Preview #1

Hello and welcome in to The Open Window.

It's a great day to join me as we begin the
New Release Previews for

We are very happy to have the uber-talented
Lynn Mangan joining us as our February Guest too !

The first set in the preview is called
'Baby Shelf'
designed by Nina B Designs

To say this set is ' adorable ' is an understatement.
I only used 3 stamps from the set and I can assure you,
there are so many more sweet designs included.

I used My Mind's Eye 'Move Me' paper for the base
of my card.  The theme of my card is 'love' and the paper
itself was a great fit.  It's not easy to see in the photo, but
just under the bible verse, I stamped the very iconic 'LOVE'.
 { you can see it much better in the photo below }
It was all placed on a frame cut from a Sizzix die.
The heart frame was created using the Martha Stewart
heart corner/border punch.

I colored the sweet teddy & gave him a
baker's twine bow from The Twinery.

I was inspired to use the colors from the current
challenge over at

How would you like a chance to win this set ?

All you have to do is stop by the TCM blog and leave a note

to say you stopped by for a visit.

Each day of the previews will bring another set up for grabs.

You have until 8pm PST, February 18th to comment to be eligible.

I'll be back tomorrow with another fabby preview.

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Love Me by My Mind's Eye
Stamps: Baby Shelf by The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: pearls from Colorbok
baker's twine in Blossom & Maraschino from The Twinery

 

A Star is Born...The Twinery / SRM Event

It's Friday here at The Open Window
( and most likely where you are too  : )
and I'm excited to share today's post with you.

I love being a designer with The Twinery and especially when
we team-up with awesome companies.

It's Day #2 with

A variety of our designers have had a ball playing with
the beautiful stickers {and more} from SRM.
Of course, combined with what, in my opinion, is the
best baker's twine on the planet
our two teams have incredibly inspiring projects to share.

The majority of my card uses stickers from the 'We've Got Your Border'.
Banners & buntings are still quite trendy and my favorite go-to for
hanging them of course, is baker's twine from The Twinery.
I braided the colors Buttercream, Honeydew and Shore
and curved these fab stickers across the top of the card.

The panel of the card is embossed with the large dot EF from Cuttlebug,
but only 2/3 of the panel is embossed.  The flat 1/3 is decorated with more
sticker borders and the sentiment is also from SRM.

I went into my 'archives' stash and found the cute little metal star
from KandCompany and attached it to a baker's twine bow.

I am entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge as well
as their theme is 'Anything Goes'

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN
THREE SPOOLS OF BAKER'S TWINE 
IN YOUR CHOICE OF COLORS
FROM THE TWINERY ?

All you need to do is visit & comment on The Twinery's
participating designer's blogs.  Easy peasy!
A complete list for both days can be found on
The Twinery blog and to help you out, 
I am including it here as well.
You have a few days to get your visits in and there are
only 20 visits total
(including 2 at The Twinery)
Deadline to leave comments is 11:59pm EST
Sunday, April 29th.

I hope you enjoyed your visit today.
Make sure you leave a note before you leave and I'll
keep my fingers crossed for you!

The Twinery's Participating Designers Blogs
for The Twinery / SRM Stickers Product Showcase

Karola
Julie Ranae
Kellie
Jennifer
Kathy
Jamie
Dorangela
Angi

Natalie

Amy

Jessica

Katarina

Tifany

Monika

Carolyn

Ashley

Project Recipe:

Embellishments: baker's twine in Buttercream, Honeydew & Shore
from The Twinery
We've Got Your Border stickers by SRM Stickers
metal tag by KandCompany, gem by Martha Stewart
Tools: Large Dot EF by Cuttlebug, Big Shot

Taking a 'Vintage' Ride

The Play Date Cafe Color Challenge

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Hello and welcome to another BuSy day here at The Open Window!

Today we are revealing 'bits' of two new stamp sets as

It's Day 3 of the New Release Previews for

This first set was designed for TCM by one of my favorite

people on the planet, Nina Bracket of NinaB Designs

It's called 'Vintage Rides' and I just l.o.v.e. it

I used paper from one of my favorite older collections from GCD Studios

appropriately called 'Planes & Trains' and created my prop plane.

I tied the banner on with 'stone' baker's twine from The Twinery.

I used my favorite cloud dies from Lil' Inker Designs

then Embossed and Debossed them with my Cuttlebug dots.

Doing both gives it a variety of textures.

This would be so fun to do for baby cards using boy and girl colors.

I can't wait to use it more!

Next up, is a brand new set created by Jenny Suchin for TCM

'Owl Journaling'

I took a different approach with this set because I am not one to do

journaling, per se.  I know Smash books & Project Life is really on trend,

but I can't find another second in my days right now.

I think this card worked out well though....the images are small, so you

can squeeze them into tiny places and add layers on top of one another.

Love those numbers all created with different inks from A Muse Studio.

This really WAS my To-Do list the day I created the card : )

Make sure you pop by

 The Craft's Meow Blog

and check out the fabulous-ness

from all of the designers.

TCM is giving away a new release set

each day, so make sure you leave a comment

on the blog for a chance to win!

I am so glad you stopped by today and I hope

you will plan to come by each day this week

so you don't miss a thing!

It's a Boy Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Planes & Traines by GCD Studios
Stamps: Vintgae Travel by The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: baker's twine in Stone by The Twinery
Tools:  Cloud dies by Lil' Inker Designs
Large Dot EF by Cuttlebug, Big Shot

To-Do List Project Recipe:

Stamps: Owl Journaling by The Craft's Meow
Ink: various by A Muse Studio